The Red Fox Fur Coat

Open Ended

Go back into the text. The word predator was said to keep “bobbing insistently about” in the woman’s mind. Do you think the woman in the story should be considered the predator or the prey? In other words, do you think the bank clerk has been taken over by some external force (making her the prey) or is she returning to her true self (as the predator/fox)?

Capture your responses by writing two complex sentences that begin with although, which is a subordinating conjunction that indicates a contrast. One sentence should capture your response and the other sentence should capture your partner’s.

HINTS:

Although signals a contrast, so the second part of the sentence should provide contrasting information.

Use a comma to signal the transition.

Example:

Although the bank clerk of Gersão’s “The Red Fox Fur Coat” eventually evolves into a predator herself,....,,,,,,,,,she originally falls prey to.............

Open Ended

Think back to your last answer. How can telling details lead you to an answer? What does the textual evidence most strongly suggest? (Give evidence from the story to support your answer.)

Open Ended

Go back into the text. Notice Gersão’s(the author) language choices. Why do you think she used the word reincarnating instead of transforming in the last paragraph? (Give evidence from the story to support your answer.)

Open Ended

Go back into the text. How did the author plant seeds from the very beginning of the story to indicate that the woman was destined to return to her “foxy” self? (Give evidence from the story to support your answer.)

Open Ended

Was this a good story? Why? ( Add details to support your answer.)